Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Yangtze River chemical leak raises concern in China

According to this article, a cargo ship accidentally leaked a cleaning fluid into the Yangtze River, china's main source of drinking water. This is the country's second water pollution scare in a month.In January, a mining company contaminated the water with cadmium. The Shanghai Daily newspaper reported that the chemical leak may have originated from a South Korean ship docked in Zenjiang city.Officials have since announced that the water quality has now normalized.

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